@ljmagai.bsky.social
Novelist, historian, retired house restorer and medievalist with a penchant for magic and witchery. Gardener and novice wood-worker. Inherited a bunch of bonsais with instructions to do nothing but not kill them. So far, so good.
A powerful thread, well worth reading and sharing.
I see a recurring theme in commentary on the whole [waves hands] situation in the US: that it exposes a fundamental flaw in the US constitution. it's not true or fair.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A powerful thread, well worth reading and sharing.
Whoa.
Words to live by.
Words to live by.
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Whoa.
Words to live by.
Words to live by.
Oh hey, I wrote a thing about Tim Shaw's @teshaw.bsky.social Chaucer novels and his blog. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The Language of the Night: Geoffrey Chaucer was a courtier once, and young...
Every once in a while, a medievalist will attempt a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer, the foreparent of English poetry, whose work is as delightful as his life history is elusive. From slender mentions ....
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September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Oh hey, I wrote a thing about Tim Shaw's @teshaw.bsky.social Chaucer novels and his blog. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of Charlie Jane Anders' most excellent "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" to review for Daily Kos. Here's the result: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
The Language of the Night: Charlie Jane Anders and Magic
For some reason, I had thought�Charlie Jane Anders was a writer exclusively of hard science fiction. I had also heard that her writing was exquisite. And so I had, before now, tried to avoid her. ...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of Charlie Jane Anders' most excellent "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" to review for Daily Kos. Here's the result: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Summer has entered the chat.
July 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Summer has entered the chat.
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The Senate Budget Reconciliation bill was changed over the weekend to authorize the selling of 258 million acres of your federal land. The first selloff must be finalized within 30 days, then every 60 days the bill would require more.
June 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Senate Budget Reconciliation bill was changed over the weekend to authorize the selling of 258 million acres of your federal land. The first selloff must be finalized within 30 days, then every 60 days the bill would require more.
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This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
Just feeding my son’s pasture-raised chickens at Riverbank Farms while he’s at a farmers market this lovely morning.
April 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just feeding my son’s pasture-raised chickens at Riverbank Farms while he’s at a farmers market this lovely morning.
Clearing the dead leaves from the hellebores, I cut the wrong stem and was rewarded with this lovely for the windowsill. It’s been two days and it’s still vigorous. Maybe the other two blooms on the stem will open, too. A small gift of endurance.
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Clearing the dead leaves from the hellebores, I cut the wrong stem and was rewarded with this lovely for the windowsill. It’s been two days and it’s still vigorous. Maybe the other two blooms on the stem will open, too. A small gift of endurance.
After a run of misses, it appears that the pie fairies have smiled upon me today
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
After a run of misses, it appears that the pie fairies have smiled upon me today
I just finished "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" by Joshua Hammer. LOVE learning new stuff, and this was a revelation. Abdel Kader Haidara and his team, who saved 377,000 manuscripts from Al Qaeda, are the best kind of heroes the world could have. Great great read!
January 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I just finished "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" by Joshua Hammer. LOVE learning new stuff, and this was a revelation. Abdel Kader Haidara and his team, who saved 377,000 manuscripts from Al Qaeda, are the best kind of heroes the world could have. Great great read!
I can't wait to go to chemo this week in my deep red area and announce loudly that federal funding for cancer research has been canceled. And that the Medicare supplements for the ACA are going away.
Wish me luck--it'll be...interesting.
Wish me luck--it'll be...interesting.
January 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I can't wait to go to chemo this week in my deep red area and announce loudly that federal funding for cancer research has been canceled. And that the Medicare supplements for the ACA are going away.
Wish me luck--it'll be...interesting.
Wish me luck--it'll be...interesting.
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Okay as @theeghammuseum.bsky.social and @romanpalace.bsky.social informed us that it's #handwritingday we're pulling out the big guns.
A letter from 1597 signed by Queen Elizabeth I.
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A letter from 1597 signed by Queen Elizabeth I.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Okay as @theeghammuseum.bsky.social and @romanpalace.bsky.social informed us that it's #handwritingday we're pulling out the big guns.
A letter from 1597 signed by Queen Elizabeth I.
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A letter from 1597 signed by Queen Elizabeth I.
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For Booksky 📚
Everyone should have library access.
Queer Liberation Library: free membership with ecard, accepts donations.
Internet Archive: non-profit library with free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Non-resident library card ⬇️
Everyone should have library access.
Queer Liberation Library: free membership with ecard, accepts donations.
Internet Archive: non-profit library with free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Non-resident library card ⬇️
Where You Can Get A Non Resident Library Card
If your library is lousy and you want to get a library card elsewhere, check out this list of where you can get a non resident library card for free or a small yearly fee!
everyday-reading.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
For Booksky 📚
Everyone should have library access.
Queer Liberation Library: free membership with ecard, accepts donations.
Internet Archive: non-profit library with free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Non-resident library card ⬇️
Everyone should have library access.
Queer Liberation Library: free membership with ecard, accepts donations.
Internet Archive: non-profit library with free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Non-resident library card ⬇️
Jimmy Carter’s funeral really feels like a callback to a nation guided by decency and honor. And it’s also a rebuke to our current state of politics.
Oh, what could have been! What we could have been.
Oh, what could have been! What we could have been.
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Jimmy Carter’s funeral really feels like a callback to a nation guided by decency and honor. And it’s also a rebuke to our current state of politics.
Oh, what could have been! What we could have been.
Oh, what could have been! What we could have been.
I’m sitting in a nearly deserted Chinese restaurant and the two Trump guys behind me have never been acquainted with me concept of indoor voices.
December 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I’m sitting in a nearly deserted Chinese restaurant and the two Trump guys behind me have never been acquainted with me concept of indoor voices.
Supervisor kitty doing her job with diligence and an occasional corrective slap to the worker.
December 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Supervisor kitty doing her job with diligence and an occasional corrective slap to the worker.
The full moon setting over the Massanutten Mountains at dawn. What a way to wake up!
December 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The full moon setting over the Massanutten Mountains at dawn. What a way to wake up!
Laser-eyed cat level unlocked, sense of quiet achievement gained.
December 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Laser-eyed cat level unlocked, sense of quiet achievement gained.
In the early fall morning, the tied-up grasses look rather like giant bunnies, browsing for a breakfast.
December 7, 2024 at 11:02 AM
In the early fall morning, the tied-up grasses look rather like giant bunnies, browsing for a breakfast.
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HEY EVERYONE I THINK WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG
I blame this fortune cookie that I got in May 2016, about 6 weeks before the Brexit vote.
November 19, 2024 at 12:43 AM
HEY EVERYONE I THINK WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG
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A reminder that Who Goes Nazi? is up on the Harper's website for anyone to read at any point, and it is always worth taking the time out of your day to read it again
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
A reminder that Who Goes Nazi? is up on the Harper's website for anyone to read at any point, and it is always worth taking the time out of your day to read it again
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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It stands for "Banishing Ritual of Fuck Right Off."
B.R.F.R.O.
June 6, 2024 at 6:14 PM
It stands for "Banishing Ritual of Fuck Right Off."
Lilies and lavender—can’t beat the combo
June 6, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Lilies and lavender—can’t beat the combo